Creator Bio
Edna Aizenberg
1943–2018
Israeli-born Edna Aizenberg, who studied in the United States and Latin America, was a professor of humanities at Marymount Manhattan College. The author of many texts and numerous articles, she specialized in Latin American and post-colonial literature, and Judeo-Hispanic cultural relations.
Content by Edna Aizenberg
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How a Samovar Helped Me Theorize Latin American Jewish Literature
There’s a marvelous story by Eduardo Stilman about a silver samovar. It caressingly describes the prodigious object—its polished ebony handles, finely carved arabesques, mischievously-turned spigot…